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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forretrofire” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
retrofire124454(None) 
retrofired1443431retrofired
retrofires1344471retrofires
retrofit1148302retrofi_t
retrofits1245352retrofits
petrifier1447123petrifier
refire95419473re___fire
retire64927013ret___ire
retore67630773ret_o__re
retrocede1245403retrocede
retrodict1247503retrodict
retrofiring1544183retrofiring
retrofitted1552603retrofitted
retroflex1942923retroflex
retrorse837633retro_rse
retrousse944623retrousse
retroviral1352653retroviral
retrovirus1352833retrovirus
tetroxide1744293tetroxide

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641198.31317880.5
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691198.73620454.6